Space
shuttle Discovery nears touchdown on
Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing
Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Landing was at 11:57
a.m. (EST) on March 9, 2011, completing
a more than 12-day STS-133 mission to
the International Space Station.

Discovery and its six-member crew
delivered the Permanent Multipurpose
Module, packed with supplies and critical
spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the
dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to
the orbiting outpost.

STS-133 was
Discovery's 39th and final mission. This
was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program
mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the
space station.